Following study by the Planning Commission in 2015, the City Council requested additional information from staff on the practical and legal ramifications of permitting short-term residential rentals of less than 30 days. Council liaisons to the Planning Commission met with staff in the spring of 2016 to refine a work program and priorities for a short-term rental permitting program. Staff anticipates that a preliminary program proposal will be brought back to the full City Council in the fall of 2017.

Item #11 - Complete Streets Safety Committee

Since its inception, the Committee developed a Safe Pedestrian Routes to Schools Plan that was adopted by Council in December of 2014. The plan will improve pedestrian routes to BES and Lipman by clearing sidewalk obstructions, installing ramps and high visibility crosswalks, and installing 15 mile per hour speed limits in school zones. The plan includes education and enforcement by the Brisbane Police Dept. of components such as parking practices that block pedestrian routes. Physical improvements are anticipated to be installed by late 2017, with education/outreach taking place as improvements are made.

Item #12 - Airport Noise

On 11/16/15, Congressional Reps. Eshoo, Farr, and Speier released to the public the FAA’s response to congressional inquiries about aircraft noise, which is a plan of action titled, FAA Initiative to Address Noise Concerns. The report is a compilation of ideas that were offered by the public regarding SFO, as well as requests made by the SFO Airport Community Roundtable. Additionally, the Concerned Citizens of Brisbane drafted a letter in response to the FAA Initiative and sent it to the FAA; the City Council followed up by sending a separate letter supporting the Concerned Citizens’ letter.

In November of 2016, the SFO Roundtable submitted a response to the FAA Initiative to Address Noise Concerns. Councilmember Lentz, former Chair of the SFO Roundtable, also submitted this letter in support of the SFO Airport/Community Roundtable's response. Workshop video recordings and latest news regarding Airport Noise are available on the City’s website here.

Three additional temporary noise monitors were placed in Brisbane by the SFO Noise Abatement Office in January 2017 which will be collecting more specific data for at least a two-week period of time, in addition to the continuing permanent monitor near Kings Rd. The locations of the temporary noise monitors are at Lipman Middle School and two sites on the Ridge. We received a report in February 2017 regarding the noise impacts that the four noise monitors recorded in Brisbane. The Airport Noise Subcommittee will be reviewing that report on May 1, 2017.